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Earthlight is a classic clarke story. Classic smooth plot lines, great descriptions of alien places and technologies, wrapped in an easy to read style. In earthlight the future technology is given enough description to be accepted as future. It makes ... Read More
The characters are well developed and the action sequence is engrossing. The battle at the end is immensely detailed. From a juvenile perspective, the story is quite thrilling.
There is also a brief discussion on european-style colonialism which parallels the situation earth finds itself in. The descriptions of life on the moon are vivid and the action never slows. Heinlein's the moon is a harsh mistress is the first to come... Read More
Clarke captures the feeling of life during a time of political tension leading to conflict. Both sides sense some sort futility in the endeavor. Conflict ends in a stalemate.
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I read some pulptype science fiction and whatever of this quality that i can find
I really like the external quality of the plot the main characters have little influence on the main events but rather have th... Read More
So the plot begins with the federation wanting access to elements only earth has and earth being reluctant to provide them and ... Read More
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The main reason for the conflict competition for limited resources rings true and clarke captures the feeling of life during ... Read More
Choose it because had previously readi arthur c
Probably cost more than the value of the ores
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- This product had a total of 261 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 21 2022.
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I liked the story and the light espionage theme but having been written nearly 70 years ago the technology described seems dated even for its time
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All of arthur c clarkes books are science based fiction
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Theres basically a long epilog after the big climax that goes on way too long and resolves an issue that nobody except clarke cares about
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Dont read this before the bookwhat i want to talk about is the science
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The spy story and the interplanetary conflict are just an excuse for the weapons
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Hes got other cool ideas of his in the book but the whole book is essentially just an excuse for the big battle scene
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Unfortunately for clarke the book came out in 1955 and the first laser was built in 1960
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According to wikipedia the possibility of stimulated emission was implicit in einsteins 1917 work and the first demonstration of its actual existence was in 1928
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